The Mcm2-7 complex has in vitro helicase activity.

abstract：:A variety of small RNAs, including the Dicer-dependent miRNAs and the Dicer-independent Piwi-interacting RNAs, associate with Argonaute family proteins to regulate gene expression in diverse cellular processes. These two species of small RNA have not been found in fungi. Here, by analyzing small RNAs associated with t...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Lee HC,Li L,Gu W,Xue Z,Crosthwaite SK,Pertsemlidis A,Lewis ZA,Freitag M,Selker EU,Mello CC,Liu Y

更新日期：2010-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide (p)ppGpp mediates bacterial stress responses, but its targets and underlying mechanisms of action vary among bacterial species and remain incompletely understood. Here, we characterize the molecular interaction between (p)ppGpp and guanylate kinase (GMK), revealing the importance of this interaction in ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Liu K,Myers AR,Pisithkul T,Claas KR,Satyshur KA,Amador-Noguez D,Keck JL,Wang JD

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:R loop, a transcription intermediate containing RNA:DNA hybrids and displaced single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), has emerged as a major source of genomic instability. RNaseH1, which cleaves the RNA in RNA:DNA hybrids, plays an important role in R loop suppression. Here we show that replication protein A (RPA), an ssDNA-bind...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Nguyen HD,Yadav T,Giri S,Saez B,Graubert TA,Zou L

更新日期：2017-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Proliferating metazoan cells respond to damage that has the potential to cause genomic instability by restricting the cell division cycle or by initiating apoptosis. The molecular mechanisms determining the balance between these responses are not well understood. Here, we show that the apoptotic initiator protease cas...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Allan LA,Clarke PR

更新日期：2007-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) and Ras and Rho family small GTPases are key regulators of cell polarization, motility, and chemotaxis. They influence each other's activities by direct and indirect feedback processes that are only partially understood. Here, we show that 21 small GTPase homologs activate PI3K. Usin...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Yang HW,Shin MG,Lee S,Kim JR,Park WS,Cho KH,Meyer T,Heo WD

更新日期：2012-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) inhibit mRNA expression in general by base pairing to the 3'UTR of target mRNAs and consequently inhibiting translation and/or initiating poly(A) tail deadenylation and mRNA destabilization. Here we examine the mechanism and kinetics of miRNA-mediated deadenylation in mouse Krebs-2 ascites extract. ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Fabian MR,Mathonnet G,Sundermeier T,Mathys H,Zipprich JT,Svitkin YV,Rivas F,Jinek M,Wohlschlegel J,Doudna JA,Chen CY,Shyu AB,Yates JR 3rd,Hannon GJ,Filipowicz W,Duchaine TF,Sonenberg N

更新日期：2009-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA:DNA hybrids in the genome are constantly being generated as a by-product of transcription; in this issue, two papers, from Helmrich et al. (2011) and Wahba et al. (2011), provide insight into how RNA:DNA hybrids lead to genetic instability. ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Potenski CJ,Klein HL

更新日期：2011-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Three introns whose splicing is activated during meiosis in S. cerevisiae contain a Mer1p-dependent splicing enhancer. The enhancer can impose Mer1p-activated splicing upon the constitutively spliced actin intron provided the basal splicing efficiency of actin is first reduced. Of several nonessential splicing factors...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Spingola M,Ares M Jr

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteolytic activation of the membrane-associated transcription factor pro-sigma(K) is controlled by a signal transduction pathway during sporulation in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. The pro-sigma(K) processing enzyme SpoIVFB, a membrane-embedded metalloprotease, is held inactive by two other integral-membrane ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Campo N,Rudner DZ

更新日期：2006-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental cues provoke rapid transitions in gene expression to support growth and cellular plasticity through incompletely understood mechanisms. Lin28 RNA-binding proteins have evolutionarily conserved roles in post-transcriptional coordination of pro-growth gene expression, but signaling pathways allowing trophi...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Amen AM,Ruiz-Garzon CR,Shi J,Subramanian M,Pham DL,Meffert MK

更新日期：2017-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene-targeted knockout mice have been generated lacking the major uracil-DNA glycosylase, UNG. In contrast to ung- mutants of bacteria and yeast, such mice do not exhibit a greatly increased spontaneous mutation frequency. However, there is only slow removal of uracil from misincorporated dUMP in isolated ung-/- nucle...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Nilsen H,Rosewell I,Robins P,Skjelbred CF,Andersen S,Slupphaug G,Daly G,Krokan HE,Lindahl T,Barnes DE

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HECT E3 ligases ubiquitinate numerous transcription factors and signaling molecules, and their activity must be tightly controlled to prevent cancer, immune disorders, and other diseases. In this study, we have found unexpectedly that peptide linkers tethering WW domains in several HECT family members are key regu...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Chen Z,Jiang H,Xu W,Li X,Dempsey DR,Zhang X,Devreotes P,Wolberger C,Amzel LM,Gabelli SB,Cole PA

更新日期：2017-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress granules are mRNA-protein assemblies formed from nontranslating mRNAs. Stress granules are important in the stress response and may contribute to some degenerative diseases. Here, we describe the stress granule transcriptome of yeast and mammalian cells through RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis of purified stre...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Khong A,Matheny T,Jain S,Mitchell SF,Wheeler JR,Parker R

更新日期：2017-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 (MRN) complex is a primary sensor of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Upon recruitment to DSBs, it plays a critical role in catalyzing 5' --> 3' single-strand resection that is required for repair by homologous recombination (HR). Unknown mechanisms repress HR in G1 phase of the cell cycle during ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Limbo O,Chahwan C,Yamada Y,de Bruin RA,Wittenberg C,Russell P

更新日期：2007-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Translational control is frequently exerted at the stage of mRNA recruitment to the initiating ribosome. We have reconstituted mRNA recruitment to the 43S preinitiation complex (PIC) using purified S. cerevisiae components. We show that eIF3 and the eIF4 factors not only stabilize binding of mRNA to the PIC, they also...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Mitchell SF,Walker SE,Algire MA,Park EH,Hinnebusch AG,Lorsch JR

更新日期：2010-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Long DNA palindromes are sites of genome instability (deletions, amplification, and translocations) in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. In Escherichia coli, genetic evidence has suggested that they are sites of DNA cleavage by the SbcCD complex that can be repaired by homologous recombination. Here we obtain in ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Eykelenboom JK,Blackwood JK,Okely E,Leach DR

更新日期：2008-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Canonical Wnt signaling is thought to regulate cell behavior mainly by inducing β-catenin-dependent transcription of target genes. In proliferating cells Wnt signaling peaks in the G2/M phase of the cell cycle, but the significance of this "mitotic Wnt signaling" is unclear. Here we introduce Wnt-dependent stabilizati...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Acebron SP,Karaulanov E,Berger BS,Huang YL,Niehrs C

更新日期：2014-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Metformin has been reported to possess antitumor activity and maintain high cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) immune surveillance. However, the functions and detailed mechanisms of metformin's role in cancer immunity are not fully understood. Here, we show that metformin increases CTL activity by reducing the stability and...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Cha JH,Yang WH,Xia W,Wei Y,Chan LC,Lim SO,Li CW,Kim T,Chang SS,Lee HH,Hsu JL,Wang HL,Kuo CW,Chang WC,Hadad S,Purdie CA,McCoy AM,Cai S,Tu Y,Litton JK,Mittendorf EA,Moulder SL,Symmans WF,Thompson AM,Piwnica-

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella force their way into nonphagocytic host intestinal cells to initiate infection. Uptake is triggered by delivery into the target cell of bacterial effector proteins that stimulate cytoskeletal rearrangements and membrane ruffling. The Salmonella invasion protein A (SipA) effector is an actin binding protein ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： McGhie EJ,Hayward RD,Koronakis V

更新日期：2004-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is required for benign hepatic tumors to progress into malignant hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the mechanism is unclear. Here, we report that mitophagy, the selective removal of mitochondria by autophagy, positively regulates hepatic cancer stem cells (CSCs) by suppressing the tumor suppressor p53. When...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Liu K,Lee J,Kim JY,Wang L,Tian Y,Chan ST,Cho C,Machida K,Chen D,Ou JJ

更新日期：2017-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of an RNA polymerase II/general transcription factor TFIIF complex was determined by cryo-electron microscopy and single particle analysis. Density due to TFIIF was not concentrated in one area but rather was widely distributed across the surface of the polymerase. The largest subunit of TFIIF interacted...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Chung WH,Craighead JL,Chang WH,Ezeokonkwo C,Bareket-Samish A,Kornberg RD,Asturias FJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of NF-kappaB is achieved by ubiquitination and proteasome-mediated degradation of IkappaBalpha. We have detected modified IkappaBalpha, conjugated to the small ubiquitin-like protein SUMO-1, which is resistant to signal-induced degradation. In the presence of an E1 SUMO-1-activating enzyme, Ubch9 conjugated...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Desterro JM,Rodriguez MS,Hay RT

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear accumulation of β-catenin, a widely recognized marker of poor cancer prognosis, drives cancer cell proliferation and senescence bypass and regulates incretins, critical regulators of fat and glucose metabolism. Diabetes, characterized by elevated blood glucose levels, is associated with increased cancer risk, ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Chocarro-Calvo A,García-Martínez JM,Ardila-González S,De la Vieja A,García-Jiménez C

更新日期：2013-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotes, the 20S proteasome contains two chymotrypsin-like, two trypsin-like, and two active sites shown here to have caspase-like specificity. We report that certain sites allosterically regulate each other's activities. Substrates of a chymotrypsin-like site stimulate dramatically the caspase-like activity and...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Kisselev AF,Akopian TN,Castillo V,Goldberg AL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The convergence of two DNA replication forks creates unique problems during DNA replication termination. In E. coli and SV40, the release of torsional strain by type II topoisomerases is critical for converging replisomes to complete DNA synthesis, but the pathways that mediate fork convergence in eukaryotes are unkno...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Deegan TD,Baxter J,Ortiz Bazán MÁ,Yeeles JTP,Labib KPM

更新日期：2019-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Activating mutations in NOTCH1, an essential regulator of T cell development, are frequently found in human T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Despite important advances in our understanding of Notch signal transduction, the regulation of Notch functions in the nucleus remains unclear. Using immunoaffinity p...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Yatim A,Benne C,Sobhian B,Laurent-Chabalier S,Deas O,Judde JG,Lelievre JD,Levy Y,Benkirane M

更新日期：2012-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work from Kuehner and Brow (2008) and Thiebaut et al. (2008) in Molecular Cell and Jenks et al. (2008) in Molecular and Cellular Biology reveals that regulated expression of central nucleotide synthesis pathway components directs start site-dependent RNA polymerase II termination. ...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Dichtl B

更新日期：2008-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential histone H3 lysine 79 methyltransferase Dot1L regulates transcription and genomic stability and is deregulated in leukemia. The activity of Dot1L is stimulated by mono-ubiquitination of histone H2B on lysine 120 (H2BK120Ub); however, the detailed mechanism is not understood. We report cryo-EM structures o...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Valencia-Sánchez MI,De Ioannes P,Wang M,Vasilyev N,Chen R,Nudler E,Armache JP,Armache KJ

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:tRNAs reading four-codon families often have a modified uridine, cmo(5)U(34), at the wobble position of the anticodon. Here, we examine the effects on the decoding mechanism of a cmo(5)U modification in tRNA(1B)(Ala), anticodon C(36)G(35)cmo(5)U(34). tRNA(1B)(Ala) reads its cognate codons in a manner that is very simi...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Kothe U,Rodnina MV

更新日期：2007-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The ER-mitochondrial junction provides a local calcium signaling domain that is critical for both matching energy production with demand and the control of apoptosis. Here, we visualize ER-mitochondrial contact sites and monitor the localized [Ca(2+)] changes ([Ca(2+)](ER-mt)) using drug-inducible fluorescent interorg...

journal_title：Molecular cell

authors： Csordás G,Várnai P,Golenár T,Roy S,Purkins G,Schneider TG,Balla T,Hajnóczky G

更新日期：2010-07-09 00:00:00